Gun



J. F. LUDWIKOSKI.

GUN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1921.

1,404,986, Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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1 JOHN F. L'U'DWIKOSKI, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

GUN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. LUDWIKosKr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have made an Invention Appertaining to Guns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings and to. the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to fire-arms, and particularly to the sight feature of rifles and shot guns.

The object of the invention is the provision, on a gun stock, of a rear sight in close proximity of the sighting eye of a person shooting the gun and preferably having a sight surface which is elongated lengthwise of the gun, whereby a quick catching of the sight with the eyes and an aligning of the same with the front sight is materially facilitated, thereby enabling quicker and more accurate aim to be effected than is possible with the sights as customarily located on a gun barrel.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and while, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a gun embodying the invention, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a gun stock of any suitable form, and 2 a gun barrel carried thereby and having the customary front sight 3.

In carrying out my invention, I provide the gun stock on its top edge with a sight part 4, which is preferably elongated in ridge form longitudinally of the stock to provide a straight elongated side edge on its Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

1921.. Serial No. 471,851.

top which aligns with the front sight 3, as indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 1. The sight 4: is located at a point sligthly in advance of the face of a person holding the gun in proper shooting position so that when the gun is raised to the shoulder the sighting eye of the person shooting the same is enabled to quickly catch the rear sight and to align the same with the front sight or object to be shot at. In fact, it is found that with the use of this sight feature a person shooting the gun really aligns or levels the elongated edge of the rear sight with the line of vision to the object to be shot at and disregards the front sight.

The top of the stock at the rear of the sight 4 is cut away to vertically narrow the stock and to provide a shoulder 5 at the de sired distance rearwardly of the sight to form a cheek rest. 7

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction, arrangement, or form of the parts, as it is capable of numerous modifications and changes, without departing from the spirit of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters. Patent, is,

1. A gun having an elongated sight ridge on the top of its stock adjacent to the eye of a person holding the gun in shooting position, said ridge being of shallow form and rigidly connected to the stock.

2. A gun having an elongated sight ridge on the top of its stock integral therewith and adjacent to the eye of a person holding the gun in shooting position.

3. A gun stock having an enlargement on its top near its butt end to form a cheek rest,

and having another enlargement on its top in advance of the first enlargement and forming an elongated sight ridge.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this speceification.

JOHN F. LUDWIKOSKI. 

